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Author Topic: Peavey Processors Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-28-2000 06:39 PM                     We have a client locally that has a plex full of Peavey processors,CACP-600 I think. They are experiencing a multitude of problems with them. Mainly non controllable faders, and when running DTS they will randomly break up into an oscillation that sounds like pink noise. Shutting the processor down and powering back up fixes it....till next time and again its at random. Has anyone done much work with these?? They have asked us for a quote to replace all of them with Dolbys and I am definately in favor of that but I may still have to deal with these problems for a while. I was told today that Peavey shut down the Cinema Acoustics division about 6 months ago. Peavey did not return my phione call today about these either. I'm sure glad we did not sell them! Are parts and software still available or should these be junked? Thanks in advance for any info or leads on info for these. Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-28-2000 09:10 PM                       P-V.. I still cannot disassociate that name from ratty-sounding garage bands. ------------------ Better Projection Pays!  |  IP: Logged Dave Cutler Master Film Handler Posts: 277 From: Centennial, CO Registered: Jun 2000 posted 06-29-2000 09:12 AM                     I heard about a similar problem with the Dolby Digital EX processors when they first came out. They were using the home Pro-Logic chips and had forgotten to disable the "test" mode, so the system would randomly switch into "test" mode. Guests would come out of a house and complain about static coming out of the surrounds during "Star Wars: EP1." It was kinda funny I thought. ------------------ Dave Cutler "Do or do not, there is no try."  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-29-2000 10:00 AM                        Peavey??? Is this the same Meridian, Mississippi "Peavey". I have continuously used Peavey power amps in the pro-audio field for the last 16 years. One thing about Peavey Amps.... you can throw them out the back of a truck, pick'em up, plug'em in ...and they work... every time. They weigh a freakin' ton, but their amps are solid and dependable. (Have no fear... I don't frequently toss my CS-1200's out the back of the truck) I didn't know they made cinema processors.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-29-2000 11:37 AM                     Thats the whole problem Barry. Peavey folded the entire division about 6 months ago. There appears to be no support from them anymore and they do not return any phone calls either. Great company ha? Every Peavey product I've encountered in a theater in the last 10 years has failed multiple times. Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-29-2000 12:35 PM                       >>their amps are solid and dependable. No argument there, but try hooking one of the band amps up to an analyzer! (not the cinema amps, they're actually half-decent) ------------------ Better Projection Pays!  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-30-2000 11:36 AM                     Actually the place they work the best is in large format special venue I usually get real Peeved with the cinemaccoustic products like the RJ45 monitor connectors Also the new amps input terminals are a pain in the butt  |  IP: Logged

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